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| A Brown Bear waiting for a Silver Salmon to swim by |
Thomas and I had an open day to explore on our own while Anna flew across the bay with Cindy to visit a school in Nanwalek, just south of Homer.
Thomas negotiated an excellent half-day fare to fly two hours north to watch brown bears feeding on migrating silver salmon.
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| Peter in front of the Brown Bear |
Geno, our pilot in a single engine Cessna, doubled as our guide for bear-watching. We kept watching for a landing strip after we spotted the bear from the air. Geno quickly descended and landed on a narrow beach of wet sand – not quite what we were expecting. We then walked a half-mile to the one brown bear feeding on the salmon. It was the end of the season and most of the bears had had their fill of fish and headed inland to fill up on berries before hibernating for the winter.
We were able to get right up to the bear. He appeared jaded by appearance of humans. Each time a salmon jumped he was ready to pounce but while we were there we were not able to see him catch anything.
We picked up two other folks on the return trip back to Homer another unforgettable experience in the book.
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